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"The biggest thing that we rob people of from an entertainment standpoint is you can't fight anymore. I wish we'd bring back fighting," Mazzulla said on NBC Sports Boston.
Let’s go, Orange! S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications graduate Mike Tirico, who called NBA games for ESPN from 2002-16, is returning to NBA coverage as NBC Sports’ lead play-by-play ...
The pre-game show for NBC's NBA telecasts was NBA Showtime, a title that was used from 1990 until 2000, with the pre-game being unbranded afterward. Showtime was originally hosted by Bob Costas from the inaugural season of the 1990 contract to the 1995–96 season ; Hannah Storm took over as host beginning with the 1996–97 season , who in ...
ESPN also announced that its in-house studio shows "NBA Countdown" and "NBA Today" will carry on. ... which NBC will take over from TNT in its return to NBA coverage for the first time since 2002 ...
NBA Today is an American television sports talk program on ESPN (or on rare occasions ESPN2, however ESPN2 will rebroadcast the program daily after ESPN airs it as long as it doesn't air the program live), hosted by Malika Andrews, featuring Kendrick Perkins, Chiney Ogwumike and Richard Jefferson as panelists.
During NBC's partnership with the NBA in the 1990s, the league rose to unprecedented popularity, with ratings surpassing the days of Johnson and Bird in the mid-1980s. Upon expiration of the contracts in 2002, the NBA signed a six-year, $2.4 billion ($400 million/year) deal with Disney-owned ABC and ESPN. ABC took over the package from NBC, and ...
Beginning in 2025-26, the NBA will make $6.9 billion annually from national television, compared with the $2.6 billion it currently receives from ESPN and TNT Sports, which both have one year left ...
Mike Tirico has been officially named as NBC's lead play-by-play announcer when it begins its coverage of the NBA next season. The move is not a surprise, since many expected that to happen when NBC agreed to an 11-year contract with the NBA last summer. Tirico was part of ESPN and ABC's coverage of the league until moving to NBC in July 2016.